Labour has today launched the first part of its plan to beat the cost of living crisis, with a proposal to scrap “outrageous” rules which see customers using prepayment meters pay a higher price for energy.
Amid increasingly bleak warnings that the domestic energy price cap could top £5,000 by April, the party said its move would save up to 4 million of the poorest and most vulnerable Britons around £100 during the months of January, February and March when heating need is high.
